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Pricyclopyginae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Pricyclopyginae was named by Fortey and Owens (1987).

It was assigned to Cyclopygidae by Hoel (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pricyclopyginae Fortey and Owens
1999Pricyclopyginae Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
subfamilyPricyclopyginaeFortey and Owens 1987
subfamilyPricyclopyginaeFortey and Owens 1987

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Pricyclopyginae Fortey and Owens 1987
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G. †Pricyclopyge Richter and Richter 1954
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†Pricyclopyge gallica Tjernvik 1956
†Pricyclopyge oceanitis Mergl 2006
†Pricyclopyge prisca Barrande 1872
†Pricyclopyge synophthalma Kloucek 1916
Invalid names: Bicyclopyge Horbinger and Vanek 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Llanvirn or 478.60000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Pricyclopyge oceanitis (223845)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) Pricyclopyge sp. (7758)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway Pricyclopyge sp. (190970 190982)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) Pricyclopyge sp. (3685 3704 3706)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden Cyclopyge gallica (192718) Pricyclopyge gallica (198183)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Pricyclopyge binodosa (69844)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom Pricyclopyge binodosa (69826 69833 69834 69838 69846) Pricyclopyge dolabra, Pricyclopyge binodosa (69814)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) Pricyclopyge sp. (76458)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom Pricyclopyge binodosa (69703 69707 69767)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4France Pricyclopyge synophthalma (174544)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic Pricyclopyge binodosabinodosa (3857)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom Pricyclopyge binodosa (69848)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic Pricyclopyge sp. (3859)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Pricyclopyge binodosa (192908)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Loire-Atlantique) Pricyclopyge sp. (20889)